Tornado

Kiwifruit orchards in the Bay of Plenty town of Katikati have been left badly damaged, after a tornado ripped through on Tuesday.

One family were sheltering inside as the ferocious storm took out… Video, Audio

With more bad weather on the way East Auckland residents are racing to repair roofs and windows after Sunday night's tornado.

About 50 homes have been damaged, and ten have been yellow stickered… Video, Audio

Large areas of the North Island and parts of the South are bracing for severe thunderstorms, after the MetService issued fresh warnings today.

The severe thunderstorms are predicted from Northland… Video, Audio

Kiwi country singer-songwriter Jackie Bristow is normally based in Nashville but she has been back in New Zealand since the first lockdown in 2020. With Covid putting a halt to her touring schedule… Audio

Nearly four months since June's deadly tornado ripped through the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe many properties still resemble bombsites.

Now Auckland's prolonged level 4 lockdown is causing further… Video, Audio

The tornado that ripped through an Auckland suburb in June has come with a massive price tag.

Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge joins Lisa Owen with the details.

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A Papatoetoe mother, whose family is still living apart after last month's tornado, has opened up about the disaster's lingering financial and emotional burden.

Carla Makiha is still looking for… Video, Audio

For most New Zealanders in their seventies, homelessness is not something that crosses the mind.

But one Papatoetoe woman is facing exactly that, with her uninhabitable tornado-hit rental now up for… Video, Audio

While the Prime Minister visited Papatoetoe this morning, the outlook for many recovering from last weekend's tornado remains grim.

Nearly 100 south Aucklanders remain in emergency housing and there… Video, Audio

The Prime Minister has been in Papatoetoe this morning, visiting people whose homes were struck by a tornado last weekend. A $200,000 mayoral relief fund has been set up to help displaced families… Audio

Extra security has been put in place to prevent looting of homes damaged by the powerful tornado that tore through South Auckland on the weekend.

Sixty-seven people are still out of their homes as… Audio

A large shipment of flu vaccines has been ruined and thousands of Papatoetoe patients are without their medical clinic in another tale of destruction from the weekend's tornado. A large window and… Audio

On Friday afternoon a tornado has ripped through the small coastal town of Mangawhai, about an hour and a half north of Auckland. Local Pamela Gervai describes the wild weather to Lisa Owen. Video, Audio

A brief but violent tornado tore through Coopers Beach in the Far North this morning, damaging more than a dozen homes. As Lois Williams reports, Civil Defence is marvelling no-one was hurt. Video, Audio

The United States' National Weather Service says a life-threatening situation is underway as tornadoes sweep across the state of Ohio. Dayton woman Tenley told Checkpoint her neighbourhood has been… Video, Audio

At least 14 people including children, have died after a tornado swept through Lee County in the state of Alabama, destroying hundreds of homes. Meteorologist James Spann told Checkpoint authorities… Video, Audio

When a tornado struck Canterbury, farmer Randal Hanrahan watched in amazement as expensive pieces of heavy farm equipment were lifted into air. Sheltering under his overturned mower from the raging… Video, Audio